Explores the relationship between wife's employment, sex-role traditionalism, and reported division of household tasks and decisions. Findings suggest that despite differences among women in sex-role traditionalism and employment status, most women say that they and their spouses divide tasks in a traditional sex-role fashion. (Author)

The two articles explore the characteristics of the withdrawn and the aggressive child and suggest management techniques for classroom teachers. (PHR)

The interrelationships among the subscales of the Behavior Problem Checklist, the Conners' Teacher Questionnaire, and the Devereux Elementary School Behavior Scale were examined in a sample of 93 elementary and junior high students in special classes for the emotionally disturbed. (Author)

Historical data and information regarding present functioning (including a neurodevelopmental assessment) were collected on 79 preschool children with behavioral and developmental problems. When compared with a matched cohort of children from the community, the clinic population had a higher incidence of developmental concerns. Journal…

Three investigations were conducted to examine the consistency of classroom seating among college students. These three studies indicate that both biological sex and psychological sex may be important when studying human territoriality. (Author)

The paper describes procedures that were designed to promote the toy play of a group of six severely/profoundly mentally retarded children (6 to 13 years old) in a classroom setting. The results that are presented and discussed suggest improvements in the students' toy play. (Author)

A system of categories organized along the three dimensions of behavior, location, and social setting, was developed and used to obtain recordings of the activity of pupils in open-area schools and traditional schools. (Author/JKS)

A survey of observed sexual behavior in an integrated unit of 30 severely retarded people aged 10 to 33 years showed that most behavior could be described as "appropriate." (Author)

In the Mexican American barrios of Texas' Lower Rio Grande Valley, existence is complicated by the interactive forces of culture, society, and economy. These three factors act in unison to create an etiology of alcohol and drug use and abuse which is poorly understood by persons outside the barrio's grasp. (Author/NQ)

Presents a systematic approach, using the most reliable and valid instruments available, allowing a clinician to quickly and accurately diagnose or rule out the presence of alcoholism in a client. Accurate diagnosis allows proper treatment of this disorder, affecting about 6.7 percent of all people. (Author)

The assumption that persistent and stable behaviors of intermediate groups of students indicated a collective and dominant self-concept was investigated. Descriptive indicators of overt behaviors were organized to form a systematic observation schedule and a parallel self-report instrument. Content validity was established on both instruments.…

A sample of ten abused toddlers ranging in age from one to three years and ten matched controls from families experiencing stress were observed during social interactions with caregivers and with peers in their day care settings. (JMB)

Suggests some reasons for the present state of inactiveness in Black protest associations by focusing on the associational behavior shown by Blacks and contrasting it with behavior shown by other ethnic groups in their voluntary associations. (EB)

Studies family interaction and explores the interface of husband-wife and parent-infant interactions. Results suggest that wives have a greater influence on fathering than do husbands on mothering. In some families spousal interaction precludes active involvement in parenting. In others active parental involvement provides for pleasurable spousal…

Examines ways in which learning activities can be designed around trigger films--short, high impact vignettes designed to stimulate learning--to enhance their use in situations dealing with affective learning. Illustrates the use of these films in an undergraduate course, and discusses difficulties tutors experience and guidelines for their…